sulcus
[suhl-kuh s]
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noun, plural sul·ci [suhl-sahy] /ˈsʌl saɪ/.
a furrow or groove.
Anatomy. a groove or fissure, especially a fissure between two convolutions of the brain.
Origin of sulcus
1655–65; Latin: furrow
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There is only one ciliated groove, the sulcus, in the stomodaeum.
These grooves are known as the sulcus and sulculus, and will be more particularly described hereafter.
Each zooid has six tentacles; the stomodaeum is elongate, but the sulcus and sulculus are very feebly represented.
The sulcus is bifurcate; the fork is near the base and almost gives the appearance of two sulci on some specimens.
It is then carried across the sulcus and is made to emerge through the opposite lip of the cervix.
sulcus
noun plural -ci (-saɪ)
Word Origin for sulcus
C17: from Latin
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sulcus
[sŭl′kəs]
n. pl. sul•ci (-kī, -sī)
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